Zygophlebia

Zygophlebia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Division:Pteridophyta
Class:Polypodiopsida/Pteridopsida
(disputed)
Order:Polypodiales
(unranked):Eupolypods I
Family:Polypodiaceae
Subfamily:Grammitidoideae
Genus:Zygophlebia
L.E.Bishop

Zygophlebia is a genus of ferns in the family Polypodiaceae.

Description

It is one of the genera formerly in the family Grammitidaceae, and now reclassified in the family Polypodiaceae.

Species in this genus are native to The Americas and to Africa.[1]

Species

It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):

  • Zygophlebia eminens (C.V.Morton) L.E.Bishop
  • Zygophlebia dudleyi
  • Zygophlebia sectifrons
  • Zygophlebia werffii
  • Zygophlebia longipilosa
  • Zygophlebia matthewsii

References

  1. Bishop, L. Earl. Zygophlebia, a New Genus of Grammitidaceae. American Fern Journal 79(3): 103-118 (1989)


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